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Changthang Native to Ladakh Region Changthang Native speakers
10,000 (2000)[1] Tibetan script ISO 639-3 cna Glottolog chan1309
Changthang , also known as Byangskat and Upper Ladakhi , is a Bodish language of the Changthang region on the border of Tibet and Ladakh. Speakers identify ethnically with the Ladakhi , but mutual intellibility of the languages is not high.
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Sino-Tibetan branches
Western Himalayas Himachal , Uttarakhand , Nepal , Sikkim )
Eastern Himalayas Tibet , Bhutan , Arunachal ) Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border
East and Southeast Asia
Dubious (possible isolates )Arunachal )
Proposed groupings
Central Tibeto-Burman Greater Bai Mahakiranti Rung Tibeto-Burman Tibeto-Kanauri Proto-languages
Proto-Tibeto-Burman Proto-Loloish Proto-Karenic Proto-Min Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.
Bodic (Tibeto-Kanauri) languages
West Himalayish
Bodish
Tibetic
Central Tibetan
Central Tibetan (Ü-Tsang) Standard Tibetan Mugom Amdo Kham (Eastern) Southern Western
Sherpa-Jirel Kyirong–Kagate
Tshangla-East Bodish
Basum
Tamangic
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Languages of Ladakh Bodish languages Hidden categories:
Language articles citing Ethnologue 21